The much-awaited Multi Skill Centre at Talcher was inaugurated by Union Power, Coal and New and Renewable Energy Minister Piyush Goyal and Union Petroleum and Natural Gas Minister Dharmendra Pradhan on Thursday.
State Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare and Employment and Technical Education and Training Minister Sanjay Kumar Dasburma, NTPC CMD AK Jha and Director (HR) UP Pani were present.
Jha said the NTPC is striving hard to achieve the mission “Power for all by 2019”. He said the CPSU has joined hand with the Skill Building Schemes to make the country as skill capital of the world.
The PNG Minister said 40 youths would be given skill development training in the first batch of the Skill Centre.
Pradhan said the proposed NTPC Kaniha hospital would bear medical expenses of local freedom fighters till their deaths.
In his speech, Goyal termed the NTPC Talcher Kaniha unit as one of the best power stations of the country. The power generated from the station goes down to south India. Therefore, the nation is being benefited from the power generated at Kaniha, he said.
Regarding the Skill Centre, the Energy Minister said, “This is not a not a mere Bhumi puja, understand that the centre has started functioning from today itself to deliver its objectives.” He said the centre would make Odisha youths more skillful and open new job opportunities for them in the mining and power sectors.
Goyal announced that medical fees for locals villagers would be decreased to minimum and advised the NTPC to open a new nursing school for the women under its CSR programme.